into the wild: a critical analysis
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INTO THE WILD:A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Presented By Keith Chrisman
INTO THE WILD
1968-1992 1996 2007
Chris McCandless’ Story
Movie Trailer
CRITICAL APPROACH
Marxist
Psychoanalytic
1: My Own Birth2: Adolescence3: Manhood4: Family5: Getting of Wisdom
PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY
Displacement
Attribution Theory
Fear of Intimacy
MARXIST
Rejecting Classism
Rejecting Consumerism
Sign Exchange Value
Commodification
MARXIST
Classism
Oedipal Conflict
PSYCHOANALYTIC
Displacement
Avoidance
Fear of Water
CHRIS MCCANDLESSPSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY
Denial
Avoidance
Displacement
Projection
“Our adult personality is the result of the emotional experiences we had
growing up.”(Tyson, 25)
Defense Mechanisms:
CHRIS MCCANDLESSPSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY
“Our adult personality is the result of the emotional experiences we had
growing up.”(Tyson, 25)
Core Issues:
Low Self-Esteem
Insecure or Unstable Sense of Self
Fear of Intimacy
CHRIS MCCANDLESSPSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY
Running From vs. Running Towards
Suicidal Retreat?
Actions are Products of Personal Problems?
What about Inspiration?
EXISTENTIAL ANALYSISROLLO MAY’S 6 EXISTENTIAL BASES
1. Every existing person is centered in themselves, and an attack on this center is an attack on his/her existence itself
2. Every existing person has the character of self-affirmation, the need to preserve its centeredness
3. All existing persons have the need and possibility of going out from their centeredness to participate in other beings
4. The subjective side of centeredness is awareness
5. The uniquely human form of awareness is self-consciousness
6. Anxiety
CHRIS MCCANDLESS & AMERICAN LITERATURE
“A cultivated man becomes ashamed of his property out of new respect for his nature.” -Self Reliance
The self cannot “get” because the material and historical world of property and circumstance cannot “touch” the self; they only leave him as they find him. -Experience
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Materialism:
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Slide Ten(Template Photo) (Keynote ’08)
IMAGES
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Nature." 1849. The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Ed. Paul Lauter et al. Vol. B. Houghton Mifflin Company, Heath, 2006. 1582-1609.
Grossman, Lev. “Nature Boys.” Time 24 Sep. 2007: 85-87. Academic Search Complete. EBSCOhost. Elmhurst College Library, IL. 21 January 2009 <http://search.epnet.com/26608297>.
May, Rollo. Existential Psychology. New York: Random House, 1961.
Tyson, Lois. Learning for a Diverse World: Using Critical Theory to Read and Write about Literature. New York: Routledge, 2001.
Stack, George. Neitzsche and Emerson: An Elective Affinity. Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1992.
Wolfe, Cary. “Alone with America: Cavell, Emerson, and the Politics of Individualism.” New Literary History, 1st Edition. 1994. Literature Resource Center. Elmhurst College Library, IL. 21 January 2009.
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